The below Parliamentary question was asked by Caroline Flint on 2015-02-11.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many holdings are owned by NDA Properties Limited; and what the value is of those holdings.
Matthew Hancock
NDA Properties Limited owns 95 holdings. For commercial reasons, it does not make public its valuations of its holdings.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by John Randall on 2015-02-11.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her modern day slavery strategy will contain plans to prevent victims of modern day slavery being retrafficked (a) within the UK, (b) within the EU and (c) elsewhere.
Karen Bradley
The Modern Slavery Strategy, published on 28 November 2014, sets out this
Government’s approach to tackling modern slavery. The strategy places
considerable focus on support for victims of slavery and trafficking, to enable
them to recover from their ordeal and move on with their lives. This includes
strengthening support for victims to help them avoid being retrafficked.
Commitments include activity to support adult and child victims, both where
they remain in the UK or wish to return home.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lilian Greenwood on 2015-02-11.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to announce the direct contract awards to (a) First Great Western and (b) East Midlands Trains.
Claire Perry
We are currently in negotiation with both operators, in line with the published Rail Franchising Schedule.
It is anticipated that the Direct Award for the Great Western Franchise will be for three and a half years (September 2015 to March 2019), whilst that for the East Midlands Franchise will be for two years (October 2015 to October 2017).
Announcements regarding the conclusion of these negotiations will be made in due course.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Frank Field on 2015-10-09.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many reports the DVLA has received of applicants’ documents going missing in each of the last five years.
Andrew Jones
The table below provides the number of complaints received at the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) from customers about application documents that have been lost or damaged.
|
Year |
Number complaints received |
Number of relevant transactions* handled by the DVLA |
|
2010 |
125 |
31,153,825 |
|
2011 |
105 |
30,670,002 |
|
2012 |
129 |
30,510,913 |
|
2013 |
63 |
30,506,202 |
|
2014 |
71 |
29,503,088 |
|
2015 to date |
68 |
20,029,717 |
*This is for driver licensing and vehicle registration and licensing transactions, which may include supporting documentation, such as, identity documents.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Roger Godsiff on 2015-10-09.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 14 September 2015 to Question 9725, whether Capita is permitted to provide recording equipment for use during personal independence payment assessments at its own expense, if such equipment is requested by the person being assessed.
Justin Tomlinson
There are no contractual obligations for the PIP assessment providers (Atos and Capita) to provide audio recording equipment at its own expense if such equipment is requested by the person being assessed.
If claimants wish for their assessments to be recorded they may do so using their own equipment, provided they comply with the conditions put in place which were outlined in the response provided to your previous question on this subject on 9 September 2015.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Vicky Foxcroft on 2015-10-09.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to paragraph 2.115 of the Summer Budget 2015, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effects of a four-year freeze on employment and support allowance on people with long-term disabilities; and if he will make a statement.
Priti Patel
The Government set out its assessment of the impacts of the policies in the Welfare Reform and Work Bill on 20th July. These are available on the Parliament website.
http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2015-16/welfarereformandwork/documents.html
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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mrs Sharon Hodgson on 2015-10-09.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate the number of kinship carers which are affected by the benefit cap.
Justin Tomlinson
We do not collect data on the number of kinship carers subject to the benefit cap.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Berkeley on 2015-10-05.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government which organisations are contributing to the new bridge across the South Western Main Line south of Clapham Junction station giving access to Emanuel School, and how much they are each contributing.
Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
Network Rail is an arm’s-length public sector body and the sources of funding contributions towards the construction of the new bridge are a commercial matter for the company.
Network Rail advises that the new bridge across the South West Mainline was privately funded by one organisation. Network Rail has signed a confidentially agreement with this organisation which does not allow the release of commercial information.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Greaves on 2015-10-05.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government which railway schemes will be funded out of the £13 billion funding that has been allocated to the Northern Powerhouse, and what is the expected cost of each individual scheme.
Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
During the March 2015 budget, funding of £13bn was identified to maintain and improve transport infrastructure in the north. A variety of railway schemes have already been completed across the north of England as part of our long term investment in building the Northern Powerhouse, such as the recently transformed Manchester Victoria station, and work is progressing on other schemes including work to prepare the railway between Manchester and Preston via Bolton for electrification which is under way at Farnworth Tunnel. Sir Peter Hendy’s review of Network Rail’s enhancements programme is still in progress. A firm list of schemes and costs cannot be produced until this process is completed.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Baroness Kennedy of The Shaws on 2015-10-05.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many people aged (1) 21 and over, and (2) under 21, are known to have returned to the United Kingdom from a conflict zone since January 2014; and of those, how many were (a) charged with an offence and convicted, and (b) not charged but were put under supervision and entered into programmes of deradicalisation.
Lord Bates
Figures on the number of people who have returned to the UK from all conflict zones are not available. However, the Police have estimated that around 700 people from the UK who are of concern are thought to have travelled to the Syria/Iraq region since the start of the conflict, and that around half of those have returned. All decisions on handling returnees from Syria or Iraq are taken on a case-by-case basis. For some, prosecution for terrorist offences is the right course of action, and this will be a decision for the police and the Crown Prosecution Service. For others, it may be that support from mental health or social services might be more appropriate.